Hunt 50 Carbon Wide Aero wheelset long-term review

A serious speed upgrade without breaking the bank, and even after 2,500 miles they’re still going strong

Hunt 50 Carbon Wide Aero wheelset
(Image: © Nick Odantzis)

Cyclingnews Verdict

Some of the fastest wheels you can get for the money — a proper upgrade for rim-brake bikes

Pros

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    Noticeable speed increase

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    Fast-engaging hub

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    Reasonably light

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    Great braking

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    Tubeless-ready

Cons

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    Freehub is super loud

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    No wind-tunnel testing data to back up aero claims

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If you want a solid set of aero carbon rims to upgrade your ride with, you could do a lot worse than the Hunt 50 Carbon Wide Aero Wheelset. Though Hunt offers these in a disc brake version, you can also get them in rim brake, for those of us still stuck ever so slightly in the past.

I’ve been testing these wheels for over a year now on my Condor Italia RC, which — believe it or not — I purposely specced up as a rim-brake bike, even though the disc option was available. Some of us still prefer the old-school way. When I started building up the bike at the start of 2020, I knew that, along with the NOS Dura-Ace 9000 groupset I picked up, it deserved nothing less than a fast wheelset, to match the raciness of the frame.